Judge orders change to pickup locations but keeps parenting schedule in appeal

Judge David D. Wolfe modified how transportation will be handled under an existing juvenile-court parenting plan but left the schedule itself unchanged in an appeal hearing involving Kayla Elizabeth Brock and Bradley J. Meyer.

Brock had filed an appeal from a juvenile-court order that named her the primary residential parent and gave Meyer alternate weekend visitation. Brock told the court she missed the juvenile-court hearing because she was ill and said the Friday 5 p.m. exchange at Exit 40 on I‑24 interferes with her work schedule; she said she typically works 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. Meyer testified that he lives in Carthage and that he and his wife have arranged to cover Fridays so he can exercise visitation; he said the distance and repeated delays had limited his time with his daughter.

Why it matters: The modification changes who must travel for exchanges rather than altering how much time the parents get with the child, and the judge emphasized that equalizing transportation was intended to reduce…